oversized mpeg... how to reduce

[krayzie]

yo...

when im converting 2 mpeg (vcd) (adding subtitles) from avi my movie is about 930mb n i was wondering how can i reduce this size?

would i b able 2 exctract the audio (reduce the bitrate of it from 244 2 like 128 or summin ) from the avi n then when converting 2 mpeg....is that possible? if so how can it b done?
will i still b able 2 play the vcd in my stand alone player?

im using virtual dub n tmpgenc

thanks heaps...

[ZippyP.]

Lower your bitrate setting when you encode, it's the last screen of the project wizard.

[krayzie]

wat the audio???

i had 2 extract the audio cos vdub said it has some errors so i extracted it 2 wav


btw the last screen ins greyed out .. unable 2 change it

[jimmalenko]

You may have to load the unlock template.

[krayzie]

and how do i load that?

[krayzie]

ok i got it loaded

now how do i find out how big it will b at the end?

[jimmalenko]

Load your VCD template;
Load Unlock template;
Goto Template settings;
Adjust biteare.

[krayzie]

yeah i know... thats wat my last post said

how do i know hoe big it will b?

[ZippyP.]

Use a bitrate calculator.

[krayzie]

its still 924mb


how can i get it down more????

like 100mb?

[D_Knife]

100mb and a VCD???? no way!
if you crunch it down a lot you might get around 750mb - and it would probably look crap

Ok Ok - well actually if you unlock the TMPEG template and put in a really low bitrate you might get down to around 100MB but the image would probably look like about 32 large moving dots and that's about it
Some things are too large to compress that much with MPEG1

[gll99]

Lowering the audio bitrate to 128 will help a bit but the video bitrate also has to be lowered. If you try to do that and still keep the vcd in spec it will probably not look very good.
Time is an important factor when trying to fit a movie on 1 cd (<800mb). How long is the video? If it's much longer than 60 minutes then you might want to try to make a non standard (x)vcd. Look at the templates in the tool section. You will have to try one to see if your standalone player will accept those. There may be some info in the DVD player section of the site.

[bugster]

its still 924mb


how can i get it down more????

like 100mb?

By 100Mb, no TO 100Mb I assume you mean.

You have to set it encode as MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard). This is on the system tab of the settings dialog. Not sure if it can be changed in the wizard as I never use it!

[krayzie]

yes i mean 924-100=824 approx....

i have set it 2 vcd non standard

its about 1hr n 1/2

ar 128 bitare its 924mb

any ideas???

xvid cant play on standalone players can it?

[krayzie]

any 1???

[gll99]

Unless you are willing to cut out credits or some other info then, like I said before, get the tmpgenc templates from the tools section. Try kwag's and you will have no trouble getting the file size of a 90 minute video down to less than 800mb. The only way to know for sure if your player accepts those is to try one disc yourself although as I said before there may be some info on your player in the "DVD Players" section of this site which may tell you if it can play (x)vcds.

I used to use kwag templates but my Apex player needed my ntsc video to be 29.97 instead of the (kwag) recommended 23.97 fps. I just adjusted the fps to 29.97 with no pulldown (up) so they would play on my player. Even with the larger filesize I still had no problems fitting a 90 minute movie on 1 disc.
Although I had reasonable success at the time, the quality is highly subjective and is dependant on source so I must warn you that some people don't like the templates. At your request, I'm only providing you with an option to consider. You may find them to your liking.

[johns0]

If you want a quick way of reducing the mpg use rejig.Takes about 5 minutes.

[bugster]

any 1???

You have to set it encode as MPEG-1 Video-CD (non-standard). This is on the system tab of the settings dialog. Not sure if it can be changed in the wizard as I never use it!

[wgamer]

"cough"

how you tried kvcd template in tmpeg

[krayzie]

geez.. sounds like u coming down with a cold...

where si the kvcd template?